3.5
1,761
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.07
mean magnitude
1,662
epicentre inside the border
By year
Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+
Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.
Largest earthquakes
Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4 | 27.06.1957 00:09 | 25 km | 563 km |
| 6.9 | 11.07.1905 08:39 | 15 km | 986 km |
| 6.8 | 11.01.2021 21:32 | 9.8 km | 828 km |
| 6.7 | 27.12.2011 15:21 | 12.8 km | 944 km |
| 6.7 | 26.11.1903 11:49 | 30 km | 559 km |
| 6.7 | 26.02.2012 06:17 | 13 km | 946 km |
| 6.6 | 04.04.1950 18:44 | 35 km | 772 km |
| 6.6 | 11.04.1902 23:43 | 16 km | 702 km |
| 6.6 | 29.04.1917 11:55 | 10 km | 498 km |
| 6.6 | 29.08.1959 17:03 | 10 km | 555 km |
| 6.3 | 27.12.1991 09:09 | 10.4 km | 924 km |
| 6.3 | 27.08.2008 01:35 | 9.3 km | 702 km |
| 6.2 | 06.02.1957 20:34 | 10 km | 836 km |
| 6.1 | 23.03.1933 17:38 | 15 km | 758 km |
| 6.1 | 06.05.1949 14:30 | 15 km | 514 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 03.08.2026 01:57 | 10 km | 690 km |
| 3.7 | 20.07.2026 03:45 | 10 km | 715 km |
| 3.6 | 14.07.2026 11:30 | 10 km | 754 km |
| 4.8 | 13.07.2026 02:18 | 10 km | 744 km |
| 4.2 | 02.07.2026 11:36 | 0 km | 483 km |
| 3.9 | 26.06.2026 16:42 | 10 km | 574 km |
| 4.2 | 25.06.2026 06:55 | 0 km | 426 km |
| 3.6 | 22.06.2026 06:51 | 0 km | 487 km |
| 4.1 | 17.06.2026 16:55 | 10 km | 294 km |
| 3.8 | 20.05.2026 13:58 | 10 km | 753 km |
| 4.1 | 19.05.2026 14:40 | 10 km | 492 km |
| 3.6 | 18.05.2026 23:00 | 10 km | 486 km |
| 3.5 | 11.05.2026 13:02 | 0 km | 480 km |
| 4.5 | 08.05.2026 02:57 | 10 km | 492 km |
| 4.2 | 08.05.2026 02:00 | 10 km | 485 km |
| 4.0 | 08.05.2026 01:46 | 10 km | 489 km |
| 4.2 | 01.05.2026 09:30 | 10 km | 942 km |
| 4.1 | 05.04.2026 02:31 | 10 km | 399 km |
| 3.9 | 03.04.2026 21:37 | 10 km | 406 km |
| 4.1 | 01.04.2026 07:43 | 15.6 km | 443 km |
| 3.5 | 17.03.2026 20:55 | 0 km | 282 km |
| 3.8 | 17.03.2026 19:48 | 10 km | 277 km |
| 3.7 | 26.02.2026 09:49 | 33 km | 798 km |
| 4.0 | 09.02.2026 06:25 | 10 km | 806 km |
| 4.1 | 25.01.2026 21:51 | 0 km | 298 km |
| 3.5 | 25.01.2026 03:13 | 10 km | 833 km |
| 3.3 | 24.01.2026 19:50 | 0 km | 428 km |
| 3.7 | 18.01.2026 20:29 | 10 km | 309 km |
| 4.5 | 14.01.2026 03:44 | 10 km | 949 km |
| 4.0 | 07.01.2026 23:51 | 11.4 km | 824 km |
| 4.3 | 06.01.2026 05:14 | 10 km | 269 km |
| 3.7 | 15.12.2025 11:19 | 0 km | 391 km |
| 3.5 | 28.11.2025 19:46 | 10 km | 822 km |
| 3.9 | 25.11.2025 09:23 | 10 km | 495 km |
| 4.1 | 24.10.2025 17:05 | 10 km | 316 km |
| 4.3 | 24.10.2025 12:20 | 10 km | 324 km |
| 3.8 | 24.10.2025 02:19 | 10 km | 838 km |
| 4.2 | 17.10.2025 18:12 | 10 km | 931 km |
| 3.6 | 16.10.2025 10:38 | 10 km | 394 km |
| 4.3 | 15.10.2025 00:48 | 10 km | 366 km |
| 4.3 | 24.09.2025 20:53 | 10 km | 482 km |
| 3.3 | 24.09.2025 20:53 | 0 km | 480 km |
| 4.0 | 15.09.2025 14:06 | 0 km | 377 km |
| 4.0 | 09.09.2025 23:37 | 10 km | 504 km |
| 4.1 | 05.09.2025 01:04 | 10 km | 433 km |
| 3.6 | 01.09.2025 10:57 | 0 km | 288 km |
| 3.9 | 27.08.2025 11:44 | 10 km | 725 km |
| 3.6 | 20.07.2025 13:22 | 0 km | 534 km |
| 3.5 | 09.06.2025 20:03 | 10 km | 763 km |
| 3.3 | 07.06.2025 02:35 | 0 km | 423 km |
| 3.6 | 04.06.2025 10:22 | 0 km | 898 km |
| 3.8 | 18.05.2025 10:03 | 10 km | 743 km |
| 4.8 | 18.05.2025 07:26 | 0 km | 610 km |
| 3.3 | 18.05.2025 05:52 | 0 km | 609 km |
| 4.2 | 10.05.2025 01:17 | 0 km | 680 km |
| 4.0 | 02.05.2025 03:57 | 0 km | 833 km |
| 4.0 | 30.04.2025 11:43 | 10 km | 814 km |
| 3.5 | 14.04.2025 16:25 | 10 km | 661 km |
| 4.0 | 12.04.2025 19:37 | 0 km | 617 km |
| 3.5 | 06.04.2025 20:10 | 10 km | 604 km |
Method and sources
- What this page counts
- An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
- Location precision
- Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
- Magnitude scales
- The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
- Deduplication
- The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
- Updates
- Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
- Sources
- USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
- Reporting an error
- If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.